Agenda for 10th Class

1. Agenda for 10th Class • Handouts • Slides • Readings: “United States v Miller” • Name plates • Review of Last Class • History of Gun Rights

2. Assignment for Next Class • Review any questions from today’s assignment that we don’t discuss in class • Read “U.S. v Miller” packet • Including U.S. v Tot, U.S. v Warin, and Levinson, “Embarrassing Second Amendment” • Questions to think about / Short papers • Everyone should be prepared to discuss all the questions on the last 2 pages of the “U.S. v Miller” handout • Mandatory writing • Group 1. Qs 1 & 5 • Group 2. Qs 2 & 6 • Group 3. Qs 3 & 7 • Group 4. Qs 4 & 8 • Optional writing -- All questions that are not mandatory • No Blackboard Questions

3. Healthy World Writing Assignment • Analyze all 4 methods of statutory interpretation • But spend less time on purposivism, because largely redundant with intentionalist interpretation • Consider • All parts of statutory text • Both core prohibition and exemptions for paired donation and expenses • All parts of legislative history • Consider counter arguments

4. 2nd Amendment A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

5. 2nd Amendment • 1. Use the sources in this packet to argue that individuals have or do not have the right to own guns for use in self-defense or for hunting, even if they are not in the National Guard, which is the modern equivalent of the militia. What are the counter-arguments to those arguments? • 2.Assuming that there is an individual right to own guns, even for those not in the National Guard, what kind guns do people have the right to own? For example, can a state or the federal government outlaw handguns, hunting rifles, machine guns, and/or rocket-propelled grenades? Use the sources in this packet to argue for and against the answer you think most plausible. • 3. Assuming that there is an individual right to own guns, even for those not in the National Guard, can a state or the federal government restrict gun ownership for certain kinds of people (e.g. minors, the mentally ill, or convicted felons)? Use the sources in this packet to argue for and against the answer you think most plausible. • 4.Assuming that there is an individual right to own guns, even for those not in the National Guard, can a state or the federal government forbid people to carry their guns in a concealed way, such as in in a holster that is hidden by a person’s shirt or pants? Use the sources in this packet to argue for and against the answer you think most plausible.